On Court: 4-Star recruit who ranked no.78 in his class nationally as a high school senior...also no.3 in his class in Illinois…climbed over 200 spots nationally in two years...ranked as high as 8th in Midwest for Boys 18s…favorite tournaments were Midwest Team District Cup and USTA National Clay Courts…played three years of high school tennis and led Latin School of Chicago to a state runner-up title in 2017…as a freshman made Stags Tennis debut at the ITA West Regionals, advancing to the quarterfinals of Flight A in singles and doubles...defeated Caltech's James Wei in the Round of 16, before falling to Pomona-Pitzer's Jed Kronenberg in straight sets in the quarters...partnered Freddie Simental to win two matches before bowing out to teammates Gordy and Katzman in the quarters...appeared sparingly in February and March before earning a starting spot with his win at No. 6 singles against then No. 1 Chicago on March 29...the very next day against No. 2 Middlebury, validated his performance with a straight set win in another Stags victory...both wins were part of a 13 match win streak in which he played at all six singles positions...was at his best on the last two days of the season, earning the clinch and then launching his racket after his win in the NCAA semifinals against Max Liu of Chicago...was the first Stag to get a singles win in the NCAA title match versus Emory, defeating James Spaulding 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6...completed his first season with overall records of 20-3 in singles and 2-1 in doubles...earned 2nd Team All-SCIAC honors and was voted Most Improved Player by his teammates...also one of eight Stags to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades for maintaining a 3.5 GPA or better during the academic year...as a sophomore reached the quarterfinals of the ITA West Regionals singles and doubles as the No. 4 and No. 6 (with Daniel Park) seeds respectively...earned a fall ITA West regional singles ranking of No. 12...returned in January to start the Stags' first dual of 2020 at the No. 1 singles position against Pacific (OR)...played No. 3 singles for remaining two duals in Oahu, against Hawaii-Pacific and Trinity (TX), going 3-0 in singles without the loss of a set, and earning SCIAC Athlete of the Week...for the remainder of the shortened 2020 spring, played in seven more dual matches at each of the top three singles positions, earning a dual match record of 8-2 and 10-3 overall...also made an impact as a doubles player, partnering Casey Morris and Daniel Park in eight dual matches...went 6-2 in doubles dual matches and 8-3 overall, bringing his career totals to 30-6 in singles and 10-4 in doubles...Meister claimed season-ending singles rankings of No. 11 in the West Region and No. 29 nationally, while earning a No. 14 West Region doubles ranking with Park...finally, he was voted Sophomore of the Year by his fellow CMS student-athletes as part of the annual CMSPY awards, and was also awarded the Most Improved Player for the second consecutive season...earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for his better than 3.5 GPA during the 2019-2020 academic year.
Tools: Yonex Ezone Drive 98 strung at 52 lbs with 16Lg Solinco Hyper-G
Personal: From Chicago, IL…son of Paul and Jill Meister…has two older brothers, Jake and Josh…the only tennis player in his family…big supporter of the Chicago Bears, Cubs, Blackhawks, and Bulls…dog lover…enjoys playing basketball, ping pong, and football.
Favorite Stag: Skyler Butts (CMC '16)
Say What?: purports to be best current Stags table tennis player
